Bible Society Vision Event

An opportunity to hear and pray about the exciting ways in which Bible poverty is being tackled today in our country and overseas, with workshop sessions, a question time and resources available from the Bible Society.

Do come along to Barnabas Centre, St Paul's Church, Hamble Road, Oadby Leicester LE2 4NX on Saturday 7th June 2008 from 10 am to 3 pm

Lifelong Christian Nurture

There are many ways in which the Churches can nurture faith. Think of your Church and the way people grow in their understanding of Jesus on their journey of faith.

“We can think of faith as a seed growing into a plant, and opportunities for learning about our faith in our Churches as a support structure. This structure provides opportunities for us to develop our faith and understanding….. (and) allows our faith to be nurtured.”

Link to Shaped by God resources

Free Media Training for Young Adults (18-35)

Fantastic training opportunity: Monday 9th – Wednesday 11th June 2008

theMediaNet Academy is a 3-day training course in which industry professionals will work intensively with aspiring producers to give them a grounding in TV, radio and on-line production. They will work on the production of an on-line soap opera Joel Bloggs - a story about a young journalist facing a crisis of conscience. The story will be launched by the group using video, audio and the web.

Christians aged 18-35 are invited to apply for places at the academy. Training and accommodation are all provided free of charge. Trainees will only be asked to cover the costs of travel, plus a £30 admin fee on registration. To find out more or download an application form, visit the academy website or call  0845 652 0027.   The Media Net Academy takes place in parallel with the Churches' Media Conference at Swanwick, Derbyshire from 9th – 11th June 2008. Industry experts attending include BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.

God's Fragile World: Global views of Climate Change

Come and celebrate our life and faith together with Bishops from around the world and join the debate about climate change. At Leicester cathedral on Sunday 13th July at 4 pm.

Fund Raising Walk for Christian Aid 2008

This year's full and mini walks start with a picnic lunch (bring your own food, drinks provided) at 12.15 pm on Sunday 11th May at the United Reformed Church, Rosemead Drive Oadby. Boots or strong shoes are essential for those walking and the route is unsuitable for pushchairs. This year the walk will take a very picturesque routefrom Mere lane and Newton Harcourt via Wistow to Kilby, down the field paths to the canal and Newton Locks before returning to the URC. So, whatever your age, pleased join us. Sponsor/donation forms can be obtained from Val White on 0116 210 1702 or Pat Lessells on 0116 271 7824

Thought for the day… Shaped by God “Sharing our Faith”

Evangelism and Church growth are not just for Evangelicals; they are for ALL Christians.
We often envisage them as happening in someone else’s situation (usually the someone else has got more resources, people and finance than us), or as happening in our situation at some point in the future if only we could be more…
In fact, they can begin to happen where we are, and they can begin to happen now. Click on link to take a closer look at the Shaped by God booklet – “Sharing our Faith” http://www.leicester.anglican.org/shaped/themed.html and go to “Confident and Sensitive Evangelism”

Youth Ministry Courses

The Midlands Centre for Youth Ministry based at St John's College, Nottingham

is looking for both students and placements for their courses in Youth and Community Work and Applied Theology.  Courses are offered at Further Education level (6 modules taught on 6 Saturdays over the year and a workbook to complete), Undergraduate - 3 year placement based degree (attendance at St John's two days per fortnight) and Postgraduate - Masters degrees for professional qualification or professional development (4 study weeks over two years and a dissertation). 

It is possible to get a relevant professional qualification at any level.

For further details please contact Gill Benson, Midlands Centre for Youth Ministry, St John's, Chilwell Lane, Bramcote, Nottingham NG9 3DS;  0115 968 3222, email:   g.benson@stjohns-nottm.ac.uk

or follow this link Youth Ministry Courses

9 Marks of Mission. “Welcoming Newcomers”

Your church has a prime advertising site – its own notice board.  It advertises you church 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  Your church notice board may be much more.  It may be one of the very few remaining points of contact between Christianity and, much of your local community.

For your link to the Shaped by God Toolkit, please go to….

http://www.leicester.anglican.org/shaped/toolkit.html

'Uprising' Youth Event

'Uprising' is an event for Christians and non-christians ages 14-18 organised by the Christian Union at Beauchamp college. It is on Thursday 24th April at Beauchamp College 7.15-9.00pm. 'The Steels' are coming all the way from Newcastle to play, with support from 'The Royal Welcome'. Free tickets are avaliable from bcu_uprising@hotmail.co.uk, or the college main office.There will be refresments and merchendise avaliable on the night. Donations for the bible society will be appreciated.

Check out the bands at www.myspace.com/thesteels and www.myspace.com/theroyalwelcome